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GOP senators push back on Trump's taxpayer-funded ads

President Trump's new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use ta...

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Rubio says 'hands of a foreign actor' involved in U.K. airbase incident

By Toby Shepheard and Will Russell FAIRFORD, England, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the "hands of a foreign actor" were involved in an incident in which five men were arre...

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Authorities investigating new possible ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case

Clipped From Video Months into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, with no main suspect or person of interest named, authorities say they are now investigating the credibility of a new possible ransom...

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Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief as indirect talks continue

What to know about the Iran war today:President Trump denied a report from Axios that he had offered Iran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in ongoing negotiations. The president confirmed M...

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From motorcycles to booze, U.S. ban on $1 billion in Canadian imports goes into effect

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian im...

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Senate passes historic bill to regulate college sports. Its toughest test comes next.

The Protect College Sports Act is halfway home.U.S. senators on Monday overwhelmingly voted to pass legislation intended to bring regulation to an unruly industry — a historic moment in NCAA history b...

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OpenAI scraps release of its latest AI model over safety concerns

OpenAI is scrapping the planned release of its next-generation AI model after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing, Newsweek has confirmed.An OpenAI spokesperson told Newsweek Mo...

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DA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell gang rape case in 2024

Prosecutors in upstate New York are defending their decision not to bring charges in 2024 after an alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van...

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Man who spent decades on Utah death row gets bail after DNA doesn't match him

A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly ana...

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Major Pentagon breach exposes sensitive data on nearly 3 million people

A breach of the Pentagon’s sprawling personnel database exposed sensitive information belonging to a massive swath of military personnel, including Social Security numbers and details about the jobs t...

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Trump puts sanctions relief on the table as U.S.-Iran talks continue, U.S. official says

A satellite view shows an overview of the Natanz nuclear facility near Natanz, Iran, on June 30. - Vantor/Reuters President Donald Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen fun...

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President Trump announces new $15 billion steel plant to be built in Iowa

Washington — President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years, in what would be the largest of its kind in U.S. ...

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FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey resigns in latest shake-up at bureau

The conservative firebrand whom the Trump administration installed as a No. 2 at the FBI announced Monday that he is resigning from the bureau. Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who ...

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SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for 1st time despite failure of an engine

SpaceX (SPCX) put Starship into Earth orbit for the first time on Monday and deployed all 26 Starlink V3 satellites on board, despite an engine going out during ascent, a SpaceX representative said du...

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Nvidia unveils record $150 billion stock buyback plan

The valuation on Nvidia (NVDA) is too appetizing for CEO Jensen Huang to ignore any longer. The king of AI chips revealed a stunning new $150 billion stock buyback plan on Monday — the largest share r...

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Cornell rape civil lawsuit prompts prosecutor to reopen criminal investigation

Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions taken from the alleged victim's initial statement to police.Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of an alleg...

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Accused drug lord 'The Spider' extradited to U.S. from Colombia

A Colombian warlord, whose extradition to the United States had been delayed for several months while he was designated a peace negotiator by the country's previous government, was flown to California...

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SpaceX's massive Starship is finally going to orbit — and the effects could be seismic

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy booster lift off for a 13th test flight from the company's launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on July 24. - Steve Nesius/Reuters For live updates on SpaceX Starship...

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State Dept. denies arms sale offer to China after report Trump floated idea to Xi

President Donald Trumps speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a state dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI Sept. 28 (UPI) -- President Donald ...

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SpaceX launches Starship rocket to orbit for 1st time

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.Starship’s 14th flight is set t...

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Iran says it's up to Trump to choose between war and diplomacy

What to know about the Iran war today:Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Tehran is "fully prepared for the war to be resumed," and also for the possibility of renewed diplomacy w...

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White House airs taxpayer-funded Trump ‘final battle’ ad ahead of midterms

President Donald Trump appears in a television ad. - US Government The White House has launched another taxpayer-funded television ad before the midterms, this time featuring imagery of President Dona...

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Nvidia debuts system designed to stop AI agents from going awry

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. introduced a new double-layered artificial intelligence security system that it says would’ve prevented the recent high-profile breach of Hugging Face by OpenAI’s AI models...

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British police investigate possible Iran link after arrests near U.S.-run base

FAIRFORD, England (AP) — Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detectives investigated whethe...

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Nor'easter winding down after hitting parts of East Coast hard

Remnants of a powerful nor'easter continued to hit parts of the U.S. East Coast early Monday after bringing a fierce combination of heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous waves to multiple states in i...

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U.K. police arrest 5 men on suspicion of terror offenses near air base used by U.S. forces

Clipped From Video British police on Sunday arrested five men on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers in the war against Ira...

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Trump asked China's Xi if he wants to buy U.S. arms, ambassador says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the worl...

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Revelations of AI breaches add to safety fears as Trump meets with Anthropic's CEO

(Bloomberg) -- Global anxiety over artificial intelligence risks has intensified following fresh disclosures about a far wider range of breaches by advanced AI models, setting the stage for a high-sta...

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Trump says he's 'very seriously' looking at a diesel export ban

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he is still looking “very seriously” at implementing a US ban on diesel exports to combat high prices, even as others in his administration continue to focus...

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Trump says U.S.-Iran talks will continue this week despite rejecting latest offer

U.S. and Iranian officials said Sunday they still see a chance of a negotiated solution to the Iran war despite President Donald Trump's rejection of Tehran's latest offer.Trump told Axios on Sunday t...

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FBI ousts 2 agents who investigated alleged harassing calls to Stephen Miller's wife

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, and his wife, Katie Miller, attend the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025. - Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Sipa USA Two veteran FBI ag...

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Deadly nor'easter floods Northeast coast and leaves 110,000 without power

A slow-moving nor'easter continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, bringing more rain, strong winds and another round of coastal flooding after a weekend that killed at least one person.A New York ...

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Sen. John Fetterman says it's 'entirely possible' Democrats take back Senate

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said Saturday that it's "entirely possible" his party could win control of the Senate in the midterm elections, but he also left the door open on his own...

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Nor'easter floods the coast, leaving 1 man dead and thousands without power

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Two giant pandas sent by China arrive in Atlanta on 10-year loan

A panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where the pair sent to Atlanta departed from (Hector RETAMAL)Two giant pandas sent by China arrived in the United States on Sunday, Beijin...

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At least 1 dead as Nor'easter causes flooding, outages in New York and New Jersey

A slow-moving, powerful storm crept along the coast of the U.S. Northeast on Saturday, producing high winds that knocked out electricity to thousands while whipping up big waves and heavy rains that c...

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U.K. police make several arrests under Explosives Act in 'major incident' near U.S. air base

British police announced on Sunday morning that several people were arrested "on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act" close to a major U.S. air base in the southwest of England."A number of...

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Major incident declared at U.K. air base used by U.S. forces for Iran strikes

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and the ‌army was examining a number of vehicles after securit...

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Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after U.S. rejection

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi proposed a "seven-day plan" to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)Iran stood firm Sunday on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, ...

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4 American tourists among 6 dead after explosion destroys building in Athens

ATHENS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Six people have died after a two-storey residential building in a tourist area of central Athens collapsed, ‌the Greek fire brigade said on Saturday, following an explosion...

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Texas city council candidate charged with riot participation after ICE shooting protest

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas city council candidate was arrested Saturday morning on a misdemeanor charge for “riot participation," a week after he was part of a protest against the shooting of a Vene...

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Over 80,000 homes and businesses lose power across 5 states amid powerful nor’easter

A powerful nor'easter is battering the East Coast this weekend, bringing major coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rain from the Carolinas to southern New England.About 84,600 homes and busines...

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Pope Leo praises young people as 700,000 gather for open-air Mass in Paris

Pope Leo XIV has praised the "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" young people bring to the Catholic Church as dense crowds attended an open-air Mass in Paris.An estimated 700,000 people had gathered f...

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4 American tourists dead after building explosion in Greece

Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens' tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said.The blast, which occurred a...

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Energy experts warn a diesel ban could burn U.S. credibility

President Donald Trump's threat to curtail diesel shipments abroad comes with a risk: the perception that he's reneging on his promise to shower the world with U.S. fuels.That move would inflame tensi...

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Trump blocks CNN from traveling on Air Force One

In President Donald Trump's latest move to restrict certain news outlets' access from covering him, CNN was not permitted to join the president on Air Force One on Saturday, Sept. 26 as he traveled to...

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Roads flood in New Jersey, inundating some homes, as a nor’easter takes shape

A powerful nor'easter is battering the East Coast this weekend, bringing major coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rain from the Carolinas to southern New England.More than 20 million people fr...

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Vast Paris crowd cheers Pope Leo in largest event of France tour

By Joshua McElwee and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in fa...

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Trump's approval rating reaches an all-time low ahead of the midterm elections

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's three-day visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was filled with pomp and circumstance: a red-carpet arrival, a tour of the National Archives and a state dinner ...

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Trump labels Hormuz 'Trump Strait' after Iran offers conditions to reopen waterway

U.S. President Donald Trump has posted an image of the Strait of Hormuz labeled “Trump Strait” shortly after Iran proposed a deal to open the waterway within a week if the U.S. meets certain condition...

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